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No photo available, but I use a length of Peco rail bent in an 'L' shape with a width of about 15mm and a length/height of about 10cm mounted into a plastic tooth brush handle. This allows uncoupling of Rapido type couplings from directly above the wagons.

Thanks for the replies, so far it appears to be the dentists probe coming out on top. What is the technique when uncoupling? How 'delicate' does one need to be when using any type of uncoupling tool? Do the wagons being uncoupled need to be held whilst carrying it out?

Assuming we're talking about good old standard Rapido couplings, the technique is to use the tool to lift one coupling from underneath, lifting either the vertical pin on the underside of the coupling or the front bar, whichever is easier. It can depend on the stiffness of the coupling spring and the weight of the wagon - a stiff spring and/or a light wagon may cause the whole wagon to lift instead of the coupling, but generally it's not a problem. Peco's ELC (Easy Light-lift Close coupling), fondly known as "Elsie", does away with the spring altogether.

I got mine via EBay. Cannot recall exactly how or where I found them. I think they appeared on my regular N gauge search. I was idly paging through looking to see if there was anything of use and they appeared as uncoupler